Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-13
VOL. XIII NO. IL.

feet to TIE mile. .A55ut two sud half on
three miss from the town on g I.tle Use
was the debris of the wreck. The sleeping
csr Tuuis was the emf cf the tIsiG.
II was suspended in the air s10povt-d =
. trestle n front. The end OF the czg
was directly over the p.ace where TIE
bridge stood. To the right lay s ccSc1
gil broken INTO kindling wood, sCt
Girectly in the road was pied what was
lett CT six or zen COsches turned DOT
tom side up and broken beyond recCgui-
ton. Across the track IN front of the
pile of debris, WAS 3 cJaCl living cross
wise. At least ten feet beyond were the
two tenders snd one engine. Ule tender
was to the LETT of the track and the other
ID the right. They were
TURNED BOTTOM SIDE w.
and rent aSunGer. The engine Wa
scarcely recOgu'zqble On the side Of the
cab Yves the ills:arred No. t.. Along the
/ hedge there were yslises, shoes, boots,
! hats and all msuner OF articles
OF wearing apparel, broken lanterns and
seats from the cars. / was an sWtGi
sight, hats Of men and women broken sud
smeared with blood, coats reek.ng with
gore, aud ladies underwear sme8red up
with life blood. II WAS plainly seen from
the locks Of the baggage that the trss-
ellers were well-to-do people.
at was simply hOrriOle,' ssij ilr. l..
A. Nansendt of Peoria to 3 reporter Oh
the Times. ono words of mine csu de
scribe the sTfuIness of the scene. wss
in the rear sleeper snd so vas in no IN
ger is no one in the six sleepers VS.
more than shaken up, but even there we
COT A FAD SHOCK
felt three distinct bumps aEd then
] ] L.lI { . a 81 o.
the wreck. There the scene wss
was the flames Of the burning bridge and
above it the day cOacle5 were
piled on one another in 3 heterogeneous
mass. The engine Wss buried in ,-c
ditch sud the hesd.ess body Of the ergl-
neer, Mr.. NcCl.GtCck, was underneath IT,.
, From ST. sides came grOals anu cries for
Z aid, and we went 10 work and had ~ WGr-
hard too. Ii the WreCS E1d ever C5ugEt
} ire 900 people would nave beer burned
Z TO death, and the only thing we could do
was to smother the ire with DIRT. ] g Vgs
hard sDd slow WORK and took US fIur
9 hours TO DO it, bu. We Gid It and when
D. the fire WAS OGt other help came All We
, got
j TIE DEAD AND WOr NUED
{ oct and during the morning carried them
d over TO Cnet5wor.h where we took the
{ bes. care Of them we ccnI}. There was
2 an incident in the stijr which wss no..
J only remarkable in is way, but shows
j how terribly these SIX coaches
we're tanned and mashed tage.nar.
5 After the accident occurred Mr.. Mooney
I of PaOri2 and Conductor Sti.l1ei..
q who were in charge Of the train were
three cars from each other. Mooney was
/ in 10 " p. a
l. fifth The next instant they found them
selves literally tied in each others arus,
I the csr IN which the conductor ws5
; riding having been carried over the
8 second in front and dropped on top q
the one in which Mooney was The
strange part of il was that neither Hss
1 hurt.
THE MOST HORRIBLE DEATH
5 Of all was that OF Eugene McClntCCE,
: engineer Of the second engine Of the
J.. double header. The first engine which
j. Engineer Sutherland was driving Dts5eG
e over the burning bridge in safety, 5G. l.
e was under its weight the the hslf con
sumed bridge gave way. TIE tender
dropped back into the GrY
d slough SutherlaId's engine Eeas
- the rails and ran on in safety, sach
/ wss the awful speed Of the unfortunate
: train. McCIintOcE's engine plunged
: down tire bank and the tender mounted
y on top OF the Gao. /. TOOK McClE-Ocz
. in the back of the neck aEd cut MS 1est
( and shoulders. The trunk was found
2 uuder the engine, bu. the head could 2 {
+ be found, and the presumption Is ina It
was ground to atoms in the horrible mill
stones OF the engine aud tender. Tie
= news Of the disaster Yzs Jroug-- -C
O ChatswOrth by
g ONE or TIE PASSENGERS,
& shout midnight, and The InaG1..e-.=
Il around secured buggies, lumber wagon
{ a1d every kind OF vehicle to rzac1 TIE
Y fatal spot. As fast IS the C0rDsts Tjra
: taken from the wreck they were .s-1
q outside of the trscE. Before 6s7
. light the work Of r5scuing tic dead su5
- removing them 10 C12ts worth was begun
e end as soon as the COrpses arrived tiey
- were placed in q large empty 5uiIjic.
c lately occupied as 8 store, also in me
: public sChO0lh0Use and iH the depot vat
4 ing-roOm. The residents Of the town
r opened their houses fOT the reception Of
$ the dead and wounded, out the former
J were oil taken to the imprcyised mC-2ues.
/. Friends aud relatives Of the dead CI.uc O
Caats worth to view the remsins, s16 til
e scenes in different places where the bod
u les lSY were mos ucdEtEtItil9 aLt as
q tressing. AS the dag passed bodies we're
e being continually
e BROUGHT FROM THE WEECE
II The majority OF them were manged most
C frlghtfuuy, many of them having their
: fsces entirely torn aTay, leaving their
g brains exp )sed, while their Jaws, myers
ID and legs had been torn Of"
l. WOUNDED TAKEN TO PEORIA
"a PEORIA ILL, Aug. l2.-5eyeral thou.
II sand people were a. the depot YESTERDAY
afternoon when the train arrived bearing
q the first wounded from Caatsworth. THE
J. crowd was so large and so eager 70 o.
y tain view That it was difiiculs TO control
- Il. Accounts OF the disaster were o.
: tanned from several passengers on the
! train. j. W. Tennery was in the hrsi
y sleeper. He said Il felt three distinc,
y shocks snd then heard grinding sound,
- and on looking cut saw that the car in
y which we were vas directly over g fire
ie which was slowly blazing on the stringers
- OF the bridge. got out safely and the scene
y presented to the eye was one l wish could
ie forever ef4ce from M mem0ry, bu.
u l know the shrieks OF the dying and the
Iryio vii IT ~1o AoaA emil